Plath met and married British poet Ted Hughes, although two years later they split. The depressive Plath committed suicide in 1963

Plath published her first poem ‘Poem’ in the Boston Herald in 1941 at just 9 years old

At 12, her IQ was recorded at around 160, a certified genius

In 1944 at only 12, Plath had more work published work in her local newspaper The Townsman. On average she was writing a poem a day at school.

In 1947, Plath began what would be a 5 year pen pal relationship with a German teenager, Hans-Joachim Neupert. Though growing up during WWII, she was eager to learn and not be restricted by her sheltered, suburban childhood.

During her teens, Plath was a passionate pacifist - against the Korean War as seen in her 1950’s open letter to Neupert she calls the atomic bomb a sin

Worked through Smith College even after being accepted to Wellesley for free

Worked on a farm doing, manual labor. This influenced a later poem ‘Bitter Strawberries’

Her mother encouraged her to keep a journal of her daily life, something which would influence her later writing and poetry

In 1982, Plath became the first person to win a posthumous Pulitzer Prize (The Pulitzer Prize is an award for…